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Archives for August, 2009

Israel’s Netanyahu brings balancing act to Europe

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57326726&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Benjamin Netanyahu's talks in Europe this week will force the Israeli leader to balance the demands of his right-leaning ruling coalition against an international front opposed to Israeli settlements.

Relatives accuse Pakistan forces in Swat killings

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57324900&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Nearly three months after Pakistan retook the Swat Valley from the Taliban, bloodied corpses are still turning up on the streets. This time, the victims are suspected militants — and the killers are alleged to be security forces.

Consumer strain: Pens and notebooks put on layaway

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57321473&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK To gauge consumers' strain, look no further than the rows and rows of plastic bags awaiting layaway payments at Kmart. They are filled with back-to-school basics — not just T-shirts and jeans but notebooks, magic markers and pencils.

2 Palestinians, 2 Israelis wounded in Gaza clash

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57317379&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK At least two Palestinians and two Israelis have been injured in violence on the Gaza-Israel border.

Sacked Iranian minister appointed chief prosecutor

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57312533&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Conservative rivals handed a new snub to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, appointing the man he fired from the post of intelligence minister as the country's state prosecutor.

US, SKorea to keep enforcing sanctions on NKorea

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57310441&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Korea and the United States will keep enforcing U.N. sanctions against North Korea, a South Korean official said Monday, despite a series of gestures by the communist nation aimed at reducing tensions with the rival South.

UAE prosecutor claims US man had al-Qaida ties

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57308895&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A state prosecutor in Abu Dhabi claimed Monday that an American on trial in the Emirates had ties to a group backed by al-Qaida in Iraq.

Series of raids by Pakistan police foil attacks

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57307293&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistani authorities arrested 13 Islamist militants and seized suicide vests, bomb-making material and heroin in separate raids that police said Monday had foiled major attacks in the country's south and east.

Afghan elections seen as a setback for women

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57299808&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK For women, Afghanistan's recent elections appear to have been more of a setback than a step forward.

Even in death, Kim Dae-jung unites Koreas

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57289374&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK In death as in life, Kim Dae-jung managed to bring the two rival Koreas together.